Seems like the underdog-beating-the-hot-fave concept had been repeated less than a month after Star Awards 2009 (in terms of Best Actress results)... only this time, it took place in the United States, and the result wasdetermined after a record 100 million votes.
That's right, I'm talking about American Idol! The dark horse Kris Allen beat hot favorite Adam Lambert to become the 8th American Idol!! Not only that, he was the first married individual to clinch that title. I believe that majority of the fans prefered an everyman of humble and decent background with earnest sincerity within his performances. I am not against Adam although I don't really like him due to his brashness, goth makeup and tendency to scream like mad (NOT due to his sexuality btw, though that may be part of the reason)... still, I have to admit that he was a better performer than Kris in terms of vocal ability and overall package, I was almost certain that Adam was gonna win hands-down. But in the end, I guess it was the overall likeability factor that helped decide the outcome. Somewhat reminded me a little of Hady vs Jonathan (only that both of them were on nearly equal footing back in 2006).
Oddly enough, the Final 3 consisted of 3 guys of different backgrounds... a young married man (Allen), a widower (Danny Gokey) and a man with a heavily debated sexual orientation (Lambert). Not that I have anything against those who might be err... gay. I'm sure these 3 will have a great future ahead of them... look at Clay Aiken, Chris Daughtry and Jennifer Hudson (to name a few). They may not have won the American Idol of their respective years, but they still made it big in the end.
Oh yeah, and who can forget the time when Kara DioGuardi truly stole the show by giving us hot-blooded men a moment to remember (and a truly amazing one at that!!)... when she snatched the limelight away from that bikini bimbo Kristall with a much better rendition of "Vision of Love", and then ending the ssegment with style by tearing off her dress to reveal a taut body in a steamy black bikini!! That movement alone left Kristall totally speechless and sent her back in the gutter, nyuk nyuk! Yeah baby, Kara's one sizzling hot mama indeed (even though she doesn't have any kids yet)... I do hope she will return as judge for Season 9!! Thumbs up to Kara all the way :-D
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol_(season_8)
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